Victor Wang

National Business Leader (category manager), Living room seating & storage furniture (HFB1&2) @ IKEA

About

Passion to range, passion to develop people, passion to selling with strong commercial guts. * Bringing IKEA 1st electric recliner sofa "RULLERUM" into IKEA CN in year 2022, which contributes 30%+ of total sofa business.* BILLY sales share wining the global No.1.* 12+ years' experience in IKEA living room business, national wise. * Country facilitator of "Selling Better Together" program (former known as shopkeeper training)

Country

China

City

Guangzhou

Industry

Retail

Skill

Communication, Engaging People, Public Speaking, 专业英语八级, MS PPT, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, driver license, Business plan, Pricing, Sales planning & forecasting, Coaching, Range presentation, Lean retailing, 零售, 管理人员, 教练, 团队领导力, business analysis

Experience

National Business Leader (category manager), Living room seating & storage furniture (HFB1&2)

IKEA

2024-11 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Shanghai, Guangzhou, Foshan

Passion to range, passion to develop people, passion to selling with strong commercial guts. * Bringing IKEA 1st electric recliner sofa "RULLERUM" into IKEA CN in year 2022, which contributes 30%+ of total sofa business. The many new recliner sofas were built on China, and now for the world! * BILLY bookcase family sales share in HFB02 wining the global No.1. * 12+ years' experience in IKEA living room business, national wise. * Country facilitator of "Selling Better Together" program (former known as shopkeeper training) * IKEA Foundation ambassador

National Business Leader, Living room storage furniture (HFB2)

IKEA

2023-6 - 2024-11 · 1 yr 6 mos

Shanghai, Guangzhou, Foshan

Storage across the home Country Ambassador

IKEA

2023-2 - 2024-9 · 1 yr 8 mos

Shanghai, Guangzhou, Foshan

SATH - Storage across the Home, FY24 global & country extraordinary business focus area. contributes more than 30% share of total IKEA business. Leading IKEA CN SATH, winning 7 global top1 rewards in SATH global sales competitions.

National Business Leader, Living room Seating & Storage Furnitures (HFB1&2)

IKEA

2019-9 - 2023-5 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Shanghai, Guangzhou, Foshan

Leading HFB1&2 (home furnishing business) omni business. 20% of total IKEA CN T.O .

Country Sales leader (HFB2, 1819)

IKEA

2018-8 - 2019-9 · 1 yr 2 mos

Shanghai/ Guangzhou/ Foshan

Leading three HFB - home furnishing business areas, HFB02 and HFB1819, living room storage and home organization & secondary storage. Business plans. Market insights. Pricing strategy. Sales planning and forecast. Range presentation guidelines. Stores' visits coaching. Storage training facilitator.

Country Sales leader for livingroom storage & workspace (HFB2, 3)

IKEA

2017-1 - 2018-8 · 1 yr 8 mos

Service office1, Shanghai

Leading two home furnishing business areas, HFB02 and HFB03, living room storage and workspace. Business plans. Pricing strategy. Sales planning and forecast. Range presentation guidelines. Pricing handbook. 21 stores' visits coaching. FIRST TOOL country super user. Storage training facilitator.

Country deputy sales leader for Living room (HFB1&2)

IKEA

2014-12 - 2017-1 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Service office1, Shanghai

Business plans. Pricing strategy. Sales planning and forecast. Range presentation guidelines. Pricing handbook. 21 stores' visits coaching. FIRST TOOL country super user. Storage training facilitator.

Sales shopkeeper for living room

IKEA

2012-11 - 2014-12 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Shenyang, liaoning

Lead living room sales team of 12 coworkers. Developed 3 team leaders and 3 shopkeepers from my team to other departments. And 3 sales managers to other stores. Achieved two consecutive years of sales index ranking number 1. Member of store business plan team.

Sales department YP (young potential)

IKEA

2007-8 - 2012-11 · 5 yrs 4 mos

广州

sales coworker, then senior coworker, team leader, first year in home organization department and then in living room furniture department.

International public relation specialist

EXCEPTION de MIXMIND

2006-12 - 2007-5 · 6 mos

Guangzhou

Work as part time before university graduated. International media reports clipping, press release translation, etc.

Corporate Communications Intern

Siemens

2005-10 - 2006-12 · 1 yr 3 mos

Guangzhou

Intern to support corporate communication manager with office affairs, documentation, press release translation, maintain media partners database, etc.